The game lets you pick your mutant animal, using a point system to balance the differences so a ninja hamster can be as a practical part of a group as a ninja tiger.
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Musketeers vs. Cthulhu: A Claudia Christian short story gets the Call of Cthulhu ruleset
Musketeers vs. Cthulhu is new setting for Call of Cthulhu, the Three Musketeers confront a mythical threat that threatens France.
Free to Download: Lovecraftian Nazi horror in Grimoire of Terror
For Halloween, Modiphius has released 15 pages of free content for the Lovecraftian mythos and World War II RPG Achtung! Cthulhu.
Cold City and Hot War indie RPGs get new editions and academic study
Malcolm Craig is now a senior lecturer in history and, as a game designer, published indie tabletop RPGs such as Cold City and Hot War.
DCC Funnels: All new and zero-level Dungeon Crawl Classics bundle
In a DCC Funnel game, the players send a dozen un-heroes into a heroic situation where they will likely die. Those few who survive become 1st level, get a character class and a promotion of PC.
Astral Hunt: A RPG about desperation
In order for a hunt to be successful, players must learn about the monster through roleplaying investigative work, speaking with survivors who were attacked or witnessed an attack.
Our Woodland Gods: A cosy game of adopting a new god and not getting eaten
Your fellow villagers are all cultists too. You live your lives; throwing parties, going fishing, roasting marshmallows, and chanting under the full moon. And when your god demands the sacrifice of old Uncle Joe? That’s okay!
Scenario design: The glue that binds mysteries
I asked game designer Josh Fox whether there was something he would write about mystery games and what makes them tick.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #228
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The Witch Who Survived is a TTRPG about magic and lies
You play as a Witch, a bearer of magic and knowledge now lost by the Order of the Sacred Will. Witches have to live acting in the shadows and choosing how to use their incredible abilities, resisting an ignoble hunt that wants them extinct.
